ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES

"So broad are the oceans, So high are the mountains." What does that statement mean to you?
To most it may mean nothing, but what we hope you garner from this statement is that in the
United States of America, the sky is the limit for its citizens. In this country, you can earn
a living, hit 70 home runs in one season, raise a family, and oh yes, you too, can become a
movie star. We can only be appreciative of the people that pushed Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke
towards the acting world. In the much anticipated film, "Training Day," Hawke and Washington,
accompanied by rap icons, Dr. Dre. and Snoop, deliver performances that unquestionably are some of
the finest you will see this year. While the story is not true, it does dive into the world
of the infamous LAPD undercover crash units that consistently abused the civil liberties of LA
citizens. We simply hope that you have decided to place your fears aside and will venture to
your local theater to see this film and others. Remember, this is America and you not only have
the freedom to go to the movies this weekend, you can stare at the silver screen, dream inside
and believe that one day, you too can be on that screen. At some point in their early years,
Denzel and Ethan definitely thought, "So broad are the oceans, So high are the mountains…I can
do this."

Denzel Washington. What does that name mean to you? To me it means a man that has defined the fine
art of film & stage acting for more than a decade. It is also no secret amongst my friends that I am still
peeved that he didn’t win an Oscar for his gut- wrenching performance in “Hurricane.”

Mark Brown’s “Two Can Play That Game” in many ways could be dubbed the African American Cats
versus Dogs or Battle of the Sexes. The fact is, in many ways this blanket statement highlights the
next installment into the middle-class, bourgeoisie (bougie) African-American world.